"Students who have a supportive home are blessed, but in our society many do not. They depend on us," she said.
Morality
The debate about contraception availability at Rindge and Latin seems to have boiled down to an issue of morality.
Regardless of societal ills, schools should serve as guardians of morality and should not compromise their standards, many argue.
"We can't just throw up our hands and quit," said reading teacher William Reagan. "We are looking merely at possible good that may come. But the ends do not always justify the means."
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But Walther dismissed the link between birth control availability and the poor home life suffered by many inner-city youth